{"id":3436,"date":"2024-08-07T12:21:40","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T11:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emmerdale-insider.com\/?p=3436"},"modified":"2024-08-07T12:21:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T11:21:40","slug":"the-very-chequered-love-life-rodney-blackstock-emmerdale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/characters\/the-very-chequered-love-life-rodney-blackstock-emmerdale\/","title":{"rendered":"The very chequered love life of Rodney Blackstock: From Diane to Val and Kelly"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rodney Blackstock in Emmerdale has had quite the romantic life in his almost 75 years on this earth. In fact he\u2019s still keen to keep going as long as he can!<\/p>

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But while he doesn\u2019t have a love interest at the moment, he has had some pretty questionable liaisons in the past \u2013 just take Simon\u2019s mum, Lesley, for one!<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a look at Rodney\u2019s very lively love life.<\/p>\n

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Diane was furious to see Rodney again (Credit: ITV\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Rodney and Diane in Emmerdale<\/h2>\n

Born in 1949, Rodney met Diane Lambert at a fairground when she was 18 and he was 16. They got married in 1965 and had a child, Bernice in 1968.<\/p>\n

However Rodney left them without any explanation when Bernice was just five years old. It turned out he\u2019d been having an affair with her sister Val Lambert, which produced son Paul in 1974.<\/p>

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